Greyfriars Garden Glasgow

Horticultural sanctuary. Shuttle Street
Glasgow
G1 1QB
PERMANENTLY CLOSED from 2023. This is the fan page for admirers of this horticultural sanc†uary.

A Community Garden, established June 2012, for use by members of Greyfriars Garden Association drawn from residents of Drygate, Merchant City and Trongate areas. Although the Garden is a private place for the residents to potter and relax, it will from time to time be open to the public.(It's the bees knees)

The garden includes rainwater harvesting, a communal shelter, large storage units, compos

ting facilities and a range of growing spaces. A small lawn and picnic area enables play and informal use. Habitat value was significantly improved through the inclusion of a large area of new meadow planting. It takes it's name from being adjacent to the burial site of the 15th century Friary. The convent of Franciscan (Grey) Friars in Glasgow was founded 1473-6. https://canmore.org.uk/site/44092/glasgow-franciscan-friary
' Lord, Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word and the praising of thy name'. From Glasgow's beginnings in 1119, with the building of a cathedral on the site of St. Kentigern's first church, to become the seat of an archbishopric in 1492, Glasgow flourished as a place of pilgrimage. The charter
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-charters/1175-1649/no2/pp3-4
issued by William of Lion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Lion
between 1175-1178, gave Glasgow the status of burgh, with rights to own land, to trade and to hold an annual fair. This led to the expansion of the Cathedral. By the 15th century Glasgow had become a thriving town; the city grew from the Cathedral southwards and from the Saltmarket northwards, expanding east and west. The medieval landscape of High Street, including the Bishop's Castle, Old College, Friaries, Pedagogy and burgage plots, which dominated the High Street, now lie hidden beneath Glasgow's Victorian architecture. The last remaining medieval street, Nicholas Street, can be found at the high end of this new path. The street was named after Pope Nicholas V who founded the University of Glasgow by issuing a Papal Bull in 1451. The garden commemorates Glasgow's important medieval past. In 2003 an archaeological excavation on Shuttle Street discovered the remains of the 15th century Franciscan friary - the original well stones in the garden were found during the dig. The timber medieval fence displays a range of metal shields representing the medieval Coats of Arms associated with the city: the City of Glasgow, the University of Glasgow, Bishop Wishart's seal and the Franciscan Friary. The stencilled cut outs represent the trades of the town up to the 17th Century. Each timber upright marks out a 10 year period from the 13th to the 21st century so as you walk down the hill the posts depict a timeline from 1250 to the present day. The plates you see are arranged on the fence in the chronology of when they were founded.

20/05/2023

This original Greyfriars Garden Glasgow Facebook PAGE is now ARCHIVED.
(There is a treasury of historical info dating back to medieval times to be enjoyed here - see 'Albums')
Thanks for your interest and support over the years since 2012.
The new garden is further up High Street and that page is https://www.facebook.com/GreyfriarsGdn
Correspondence will not be entered into on this original Page.

Greyfriars Biophilic Community Garden We are a community-led charity developing citizenship through communal food growing and activities in the Merchant City, Trongate and Drygate areas of Glasgow, to improve health & environment through the creation of a biophilic community garden.

10/02/2022

'Geography student research group.
We are 4th year undergraduate students at the University of Glasgow, conducting research on community gardens in Glasgow and their role in tackling food poverty.'

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=KVxybjp2UE-B8i4lTwEzyHS4OzO3Jz1JhQYAABGqkzVUNzdPM0dUTTc1TEhIRk9RWDJKMFRHSFJWSi4u&fbclid=IwAR0l4gSgl8megCUSzLGxmhhOUIAXfmgqvYihvMZippZun99UDfwHgbXTVtk

Microsoft Forms

High Street Heritage - Caring for our High Street & Cultivating a Future Legacy

08/10/2021

Thanks to Juliet for this info.
http://highstreetheritage.scot/?fbclid=IwAR1EigRzsNZBbNgJqEhchMZyhxtNw_yb5uJ3g9jTh3HGtxEB-MlhCVrv6t0

High Street Heritage - Caring for our High Street & Cultivating a Future Legacy Caring for our High Street & Cultivating a Future Legacy

16/05/2021

NO GARDEN? NO PROBLEM! 🙂

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/14/heres-how-to-grow-your-own-even-if-you-dont-have-a-garden-14461414/?fbclid=IwAR1YrdWkwlG02dLL00LeKHfUIDCtxMyOKDePhKbNxroOUFu7od8Gw7lxxhs?ito=cbshare

Here’s how to ‘grow your own’ even if you don’t have a garden! Here’s how to ‘grow your own’ even if you don’t have a garden!

30/04/2021

There's a bit of a purple theme to Gardeners' World tonight. Wisteria, purple sprouting broccoli and one of Carol's all-time favourites, Verbena bonariensis. See you later 🤩

07/04/2021

Rosebay Willowherb / Fireweed Shoots

Clean and mix with olive oil and sea salt. Bake at 200°C for five minutes. Has a delicious lemon taste and one that I want to keep eating. A lipsmacking Spring edible.

For its uses as food and medicine click the link in my profile or visit:
https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/rosebay-willowherb-epilobium-angustifolium

Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow, Let Glasgow Flourish Awards, Prizes of £250-00 of gardening vouchers will be awarded

03/04/2021

Nominated gardens can be your own, a neighbour’s, an allotment or a community space. They can be any size or style. What’s important is that they have flourished in the last year.

The Craft also wants to hear about under-16s who have been bitten by the gardening bug and who have been using their time to sow and grow.

Incorporation of Gardeners of Glasgow, Let Glasgow Flourish Awards, Prizes of £250-00 of gardening vouchers will be awarded How to enter: To enter send a minimum of 5 photographs of your garden or the garden nominated, plus a short description of how the garden evolved or was developed.

03/04/2021

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31/03/2021

Channel 9 Freeview. Thursday evening 20:00.

Get your gardening gloves at the ready. Beechgrove is back, 8pm on 1st April on the BBC Scotland Channel. 🤩🌱

19/03/2021

Starting shortly !

27/02/2021

This is right beside Greyfriars Garden and the adjacent Mediaeval Garden would be obliterated.
https://www.reglasgow.com/developer-submits-plans-for-high-profile-city-centre-site/?fbclid=IwAR26KYnTwoQYrzSWsH3MBQTRHk-Ch9SEOqHqwlkCTPEjNwT9Xsbvff32jDQ

DEVELOPER Submits Plans For High-Profile City Centre Site - reGlasgow AN 11-storey build-to-rent apartment development with commercial space is being proposed for a prominent corner site in Glasgow City Centre | Read more

25/02/2021

Tonight, 7pm. Episode 2.

Gardening with Carol Klein - Channel 5 The gardening guru shares her insights on everything from edibles to ornamentals.

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